‘Stealth tax’ will hit 900,000 pensioners from April
The Daily Telegraph reported this week that an additional 900,000 pensioners will start paying tax on part of their State Pension for the first time from April, because of the freezing of the basic tax threshold since April 2021. The threshold at which 20% tax becomes payable has remained at £12,570 per year for the […]
Independent Age
Our fellow-campaigners at Independent Age are campaigning for the appointmentof Commissioners for Older People and Ageing in Scotland and in England, a causewe at CSPA share. We have seen impressive, recent examples of how successfulthis form of cross-governmental working can be in both Wales and NorthernIreland.The General Secretary recently met with Independent Age’s Chief Executive,Joanna […]
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Members may recall our website article before Christmas (December 11, 2023)about the worrying clause in the new ‘Data Protection and Digital Information Bill’which would give the Department of Work and Pensions the right to access socialsecurity claimants’ finances, including those receiving child benefit and a StatePension. You can view our article here –MP criticises Government […]
Civil Service Pension Scheme – new administrator from December 2025
The Cabinet Office Pensions team has confirmed to CSPA that Capita Business Services Ltd (Capita) have been awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme, from December 2025, following a long procurement selection process. The current service provider, MyCSP, will continue to administer the scheme during the two-year transitional period to December 2025. The new […]
Free webinar: How to avoid the 12 scams of Christmas
We have received the following email (below) from AbilityNet regarding a free webinar on How to avoid the 12 Scams of Christmas. They have asked us to share this with our members. In the webinar you can learn how to protect yourself and others from the most common online scams that can be especially rife around […]
Civil Service Pensions set to rise by 6.7% from April as CPI inflation confirmed
Civil Service pensions are set to increase by 6.7% from 8 April 2024 following this morning`s announcement by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that the Consumer Prices Index for September remains at 6.7%. The annual pension increase is underpinned by a statutory link to the inflation rate in the preceding September. The ONS announcement also means […]
Report of Annual General Meeting
This was held in Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth (near Coventry) on October 11th and 12th. The Branch was represented by Christine McGiveron and Wilson Macdonald (Executive Council members), Cherry Dolan (delegate) and Michael Kirby (sponsored representative). The AGM was opened at 14.00 by the Deputy Mayor of the town of Kenilworth, Alan Chalmers. The new […]
CSPA supports Parliamentary Petition for the Pensions Triple-lock to be honoured in full in April 2024
At the CSPA Annual General Meeting held in Kenilworth on 11-12 October delegates voted unanimously to continue our campaign to protect the State Pensions triple lock in 2024 and beyond. The triple lock increases the State Pension by the higher of: inflation; average wage growth; or 2.5%. Inflation (as measured by CPI in September) was 6.8%; and […]
State Pensions due to rise by 7.8% to match wage growth
State Pensions are due to rise by 7.8% from next April to match the growth in average earnings announced this morning by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The Government have previously confirmed their commitment to the triple lock for uprating State Pensions, for the remainder of this Parliament, after suspending it two years ago causing a […]
Triple lock on state pensions ‘guaranteed’ till 2030
The Conservatives and Labour have committed to maintaining the triple lock on state pensions until 2030. Originally reported in The Times, Secretary of State for Work and Pension Mel Stride said the triple lock would “almost certainly” be in next year’s Conservative manifesto and that there was a “particular duty” to support pensioners who cannot increase their income by working. As inflation […]
